Filed under: Gaming, iPhone, App Store
Say the words 'Facebook' and 'Scrabble' in the same breath and you're likely to get the evil eye from fans of the lamented Scrabulous application that formerly called the social network its wordy home, even though the official game has made its way back onto Facebook. Despite the stomp job on the unofficial version from Hasbro The Hardnosed Holder of the copyright, the game is still addictive in analog, online and iPhone formats.Now a new version of the iPhone Scrabble game, which previously permitted networked head-to-head play over WiFi, is giving players the option of using the Facebook Connect tools to play against friends far and wide. Announced today at the Game Developers Conference, the FBC-friendly build of the app requires you to add the Scrabble application on Facebook, then log in from the iPhone to connect the two. If you don't already own the iPhone app, it's $4.99US. Play can cross over between the web and iPhone versions of the game with no difficulty -- I'm loading it up as we speak and challenging my Facebook buddies (who are, without exception, better at Scrabble than I am) to a match or two.
We'll have a full rundown of GDC opening day iPhone news later on tonight.
TUAWScrabble for iPhone gets a Facebook boost originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple Launch a Gift Services for 15 European Apple Stores
Apple unveiled a new service, entitled "Gift service: Give the gift they want. No matter where they live". Cupertino seems to have understood that EU and european countries are close enough to get people living and moving from one place to another, for personal or professional reasons. So, europeans tend to have friends or relatives in other countries just on the other side of the border. If many countries share the same currency, local regulations for tax and online shopping regulation might make shipping or sending a gift to a friend not that much easy.
Now it's easy to give iPod and Mac gifts to friends and family throughout Europe.* Simply visit the Apple Online Store of the destination country. If you don't speak the language, no problem. Just place your order with an Apple Online Store expert by calling 0800 048 0408
Deliveries to 15 European countries: We guarantee door-to-door delivery of your gifts wherever your friends or family live in 15 countries across Europe.
This is a good news for many of our readers/visitors, and it would be interesting to know the success of this offer in the coming month.
Apple switches on iTunes Genius for videos
Apple this week flicked the switch on its iTunes Genius recommendation engine for movies and TV shows, a feature it originally planned to introduce alongside the release of iTunes 8.1 earlier this month.
Apple refurbs: seven Macs $1399 or less
Seven refurbished Mac models are currently being offered at Apple's online store for $1399 or less. Starting at $849 is the 20-inch 2.4GHz iMac with 1GB of memory and 250GB hard drive. The 2.66GHz iMac with 2GB of memory and 320GB hard drive is priced at $999. Also priced at $999 is the 1.6GHz MacBook Air with 2GB of memory and 80GB hard drive. For $1099 is the unibody 2.0GHz MacBook with 2GB ...
Scrabble for iPhone gets a Facebook boost
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone, App Store
Say the words 'Facebook' and 'Scrabble' in the same breath and you're likely to get the evil eye from fans of the lamented Scrabulous application that formerly called the social network its wordy home, even though the official game has made its way back onto Facebook. Despite the stomp job on the unofficial version from Hasbro The Hardnosed Holder of the copyright, the game is still addictive in analog, online and iPhone formats.Now a new version of the iPhone Scrabble game, which previously permitted networked head-to-head play over WiFi, is giving players the option of using the Facebook Connect tools to play against friends far and wide. Announced today at the Game Developers Conference, the FBC-friendly build of the app requires you to add the Scrabble application on Facebook, then log in from the iPhone to connect the two. If you don't already own the iPhone app, it's $4.99US. Play can cross over between the web and iPhone versions of the game with no difficulty -- I'm loading it up as we speak and challenging my Facebook buddies (who are, without exception, better at Scrabble than I am) to a match or two.
We'll have a full rundown of GDC opening day iPhone news later on tonight.
TUAWScrabble for iPhone gets a Facebook boost originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple Launch a Gift Services for 15 European Apple Stores
Apple unveiled a new service, entitled "Gift service: Give the gift they want. No matter where they live". Cupertino seems to have understood that EU and european countries are close enough to get people living and moving from one place to another, for personal or professional reasons. So, europeans tend to have friends or relatives in other countries just on the other side of the border. If many countries share the same currency, local regulations for tax and online shopping regulation might make shipping or sending a gift to a friend not that much easy.
Now it's easy to give iPod and Mac gifts to friends and family throughout Europe.* Simply visit the Apple Online Store of the destination country. If you don't speak the language, no problem. Just place your order with an Apple Online Store expert by calling 0800 048 0408
Deliveries to 15 European countries: We guarantee door-to-door delivery of your gifts wherever your friends or family live in 15 countries across Europe.
This is a good news for many of our readers/visitors, and it would be interesting to know the success of this offer in the coming month.
Apple switches on iTunes Genius for videos
Apple this week flicked the switch on its iTunes Genius recommendation engine for movies and TV shows, a feature it originally planned to introduce alongside the release of iTunes 8.1 earlier this month.
Apple refurbs: seven Macs $1399 or less
Seven refurbished Mac models are currently being offered at Apple's online store for $1399 or less. Starting at $849 is the 20-inch 2.4GHz iMac with 1GB of memory and 250GB hard drive. The 2.66GHz iMac with 2GB of memory and 320GB hard drive is priced at $999. Also priced at $999 is the 1.6GHz MacBook Air with 2GB of memory and 80GB hard drive. For $1099 is the unibody 2.0GHz MacBook with 2GB ...
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